| Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park | |
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| 厚岸霧多布昆布森国定公園 | |
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| Location | Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Area | 414.87 km2 (160.18 sq mi) |
| Established | 30 March 2021 |
Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park (厚岸霧多布昆布森国定公園, Akkeshi Kiritappu Konbu-mori kokutei kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Established in 2021, the park spans the municipalities of Akkeshi, Hamanaka, Kushiro, and Shibecha. [1] It subsumes and replaces the former Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park, established in 1955. [2] [3]
The park, which has a total designated area of 414.87 square kilometres (160.18 sq mi), including a marine zone of 89.21 square kilometres (34.44 sq mi), comprises three non-contiguous largely coastal areas, adjoining areas of lake, marsh, wetland, and forest, and several islands. [4] Prominent features include, from west to east, Todo Rock (トド岩) and Tako Rock (タコ岩), Cape Shirepa ( 尻羽岬), Cape Aikappu ( 愛冠岬), Daikoku Island (a Special Wildlife Protection Area, the seabird breeding grounds of which are a Natural Monument), Lake Akkeshi (a Special Wildlife Protection Area and part of the Akkeshi-ko and Bekambeushi-shitsugen Ramsar site), Kojima Island ( 小島), Cape Namida (涙岬), Mochirippu-numa (藻散布沼), Hichirippu-numa (火散布沼), Kenbokki Island, Cape Azechi ( アゼチ岬), Kiritappu-shitsugen (a Special Wildlife Protection Area and Ramsar site, the peat-forming plant communities of which are a Natural Monument), Cape Kiritappu (霧多布岬), and Poroto-numa (幌戸沼). [4] [3]
Flora within the park include the Sakhalin fir, Erman's birch, Arctic iris, Sendai-hagi, Ezo-kanzō, and small cranberry; fauna, the Japanese crane, white-tailed eagle, Steller's sea eagle, whooper swan, Leach's storm petrel, and tufted puffin. [3]
See also
- National Parks of Japan
- List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Hokkaidō)
- List of Ramsar sites in Japan
- Wildlife Protection Areas in Japan
References
- ^ 58カ所目となる国定公園「厚岸霧多布昆布森国定公園」が誕生します [58th Quasi-National Park "Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park" Created] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ 厚岸霧多布昆布森国定公園 指定書 [Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park Designation Document] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b c 厚岸道立自然公園 [Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park] (in Japanese). Hokkaidō Prefecture. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ a b 厚岸霧多布昆布森国定公園が指定されました！ [Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park Designated] (in Japanese). Hokkaidō Government. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
External links
- (in Japanese) Map of Natural Parks of Hokkaidō
- (in Japanese) Map of Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park
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